The Swiss ice hockey team will prepare for its World Championship in Porrentruy. She will challenge Slovakia on April 15 at 5 p.m. in a friendly match in the Bruntrutain ice rink, an opponent that the Helvetii will meet less than a month later for their entry into the World Cup in Latvia. The Swiss team will be reunited from April 11 in training camp with four friendly matches, two once morest Slovakia (in Visp and Porrentruy) and two once morest France (in Visp and Lausanne). The Ice Hockey World Championship will be played in May in Latvia. Switzerland is in Group B of these games with Canada and the Czech Republic in particular. /ml